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Appeals for Action

Amnesty International has helped save thousands of lives by stopping torture, preventing executions and protecting human rights defenders.

Russia urged to respect artists' rights to freedom of expression

16 July 2008

Organizers of an exhibition in Moscow are charged with inciting hatred and denigration of human dignity because of some of the objects on show.
Former ‘Comfort Woman’ Gil Won-Ok and a friend at the Korean Shelter for Comfort Women.

'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years

5 July 2008

Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in the 1930s before and after the Second World War. These women are still waiting for justice.

Turkey urged to respect LGBT people's right to freedom of association

3 July 2008

A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates the right to freedom of association.

Make human rights in Tunisia a reality

25 June 2008

It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.
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End rendition and secret detention: Europe’s duty

24 June 2008

As France takes over the Presidency of the EU in July 2008, call on the French President to ensure that all EU governments cooperate to end rendition and secret detention.
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Indonesia urged to ratify the Rome Statute

2 May 2008

Indonesia must fulfil its commitment to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2008, Amnesty International has urged.
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Thousands lost in Kashmir mass graves

18 April 2008

Call on India to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and mass graves in Kashmir and Jammu.